EXHIBITION ON GUN ENGRAVING
Just got a message from Alain Lovenberg, who noticed me for an exhibition on gun engraving in Liège from May 13 to June 3, 2018. I think it will be worth a visi...
Category: Engraving – Gravur
Companies - Firmen/Engraving - Gravur/Gunmaker - Büchsenmacher/Shooting - Schiessen/Side by Side - Doppelflinten
DUMOULIN ROUND ACTION SIDELOCK
There is no doubt that there were some fine Belgian Doubles built in the “Golden Age” of Liège at the turn of the 20th century. One of the well-know...
Engraving - Gravur/Gunmaker - Büchsenmacher/History - Geschichte/Shooting - Schiessen/Side by Side - Doppelflinten
J. NOWOTNY à PRAGUE – SELF COCKING 16G HAMMER GUN
Johann Nowotny in Prague is considered as one of the best gunmakers of his time in the Habsburg Empire. He was in the business about 1865 – 1900. The gun ...
Double Rifles - Doppelbüchsen/Engraving - Gravur/Gunmaker - Büchsenmacher/History - Geschichte/Rifles - Büchsen/Side by Side/Technics - Technik
CROCODILE ROCK – WR .450 II EXPRESS RIFLE
Westley Richards Doppelbüchse Kal. .450NE #2 Bj. 1906 in absoluter LUXUSAUSFÜHRUNG Thanks to Norbert Wenninger of Feine Jagdwaffen for the pictures! If one need...
BROWNING/Companies - Firmen/Engraving - Gravur/Gunmaker - Büchsenmacher/History - Geschichte/Lifestyle - Lebensart/Uncategorized
FN B25 – PAIR OF CUSTOM MADE GUNS
The B25 certainly is one of the most famous O/U Doubles in the world. It was the last great design of firearm inventor John Moses Browning. His intention was, t...
Companies - Firmen/Engraving - Gravur/Gunmaker - Büchsenmacher/History - Geschichte/Over and Under - Bockflinten/Technics - Technik
MERKEL 304 PAIR – NEW PICTURES!
Some time ago I posted the outstanding pair of Merkel O/U Guns from the 1920ies.Tody I got some nenew and better pictures, where you can see all details of this...
Engraving - Gravur/Gunmaker - Büchsenmacher/History - Geschichte/Side by Side - Doppelflinten/Uncategorized
THE GUNS AND GUNMAKERS OF ST. PETERSBURG
A LOOK AT THE LITTLE-KNOWN ARTISANS OF PRE-REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA by Marc Gettemans Little information about Russia’s sporting arms makers of the era of Czars has...
Companies - Firmen/Drilling/Engraving - Gravur/Gunmaker - Büchsenmacher/History - Geschichte/Tradition - Brauchtum/Uncategorized
MADE IN GDR – GEBR. MERKEL DRILLING
AN UNUSUAL DRILLING Working on a reportage on fine walnut wood, I stumbled upon an outstanding Drilling, made in former German Democratic Republic under the fam...
ROMINTEN – LEGENDARY STUTZEN
German Master Gunsmith Theo Jung from Lohmar is well-known for his outstanding rifles using Mauser 98 actions. Another typical feature of these rifles are the s...
Companies - Firmen/Double Rifles - Doppelbüchsen/Engraving - Gravur/Gunmaker - Büchsenmacher/History - Geschichte/Over Under/Rifles - Büchsen
WESTLEY RICHARDS “OVUNDO” OF THE MAHARAJA
Westley Richards of Birmingham is one of the British gunmakers with a great tradition in creating fine guns and rifles. One of their famous models is the so cal...